Comprehensive pathogen detection in sera of Kawasaki disease patients by high-throughput sequencing: a retrospective exploratory study

• Main Authors: Yuka Torii (Author), Kazuhiro Horiba (Author), Satoshi Hayano (Author), Taichi Kato (Author), Takako Suzuki (Author), Jun-ichi Kawada (Author), Yoshiyuki Takahashi (Author), Seiji Kojima (Author), Yusuke Okuno (Author), Tomoo Ogi (Author), Yoshinori Ito (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Kawasaki disease (KD) is an idiopathic systemic vasculitis that predominantly damages coronary arteries in children. Various pathogens have been investigated as triggers for KD, but no definitive causative pathogen has been determined. As KD is diagnosed by symptoms, several days...